CU Buffs' eyes on the Oregon Ducks, 4 p.m. Saturday, Pac-12 Networks

For the record: Oregon defeated visiting California 55-16 in its Pac-12 opener Saturday night to improve to 4-0. Colorado dropped its Pac-12 opener at Oregon State 44-17 on Saturday. Streaking: Oregon has scored at least 50 points in each of its first four games for the first time in school history.

Who's hot: Oregon leads the nation in rushing (332.5 yards per game), led by De'Anthony Thomas' 84.5 ypg. However, he sprained his ankle on the opening kickoff Saturday, and his status for Saturday is uncertain.

Who's not: The Ducks haven't settled on a kicker. Senior Alejandro Maldonado, who missed key field goals in losses to USC and Stanford the last two years, is 2-for-3. True freshman Matt Wogan is 1-for-1. They alternate extra points.

Key stat: Marcus Mariota has thrown a touchdown pass in all 17 games he has played and has had at least one TD pass and one scoring run in his last six games.

FYI: Of Mariotta's 17 games, he has played the entire game only four times.

Not all kids who play baseball are uniformed with fancy script across their chests, traveling to $1,000 instructional camps and drilled how to properly hit the cut-off man. Some kids just play to play.